Vladimír Chovan (born 26 September 1963) is a Slovak politician who served as Minister of Agriculture of Slovakia from 2009 to 2010.
Chovan replaced Stanislav Becík as a result of to inner-party rivalries and was announced Minister of Agriculture by president
Ivan Gašparovič
Ivan Gašparovič (; ; born 27 March 1941) is a Slovakia, Slovak politician and lawyer who was the third president of Slovakia from 2004 to 2014. He was also the first and currently the only Slovak president to be re-elected.
Biography
Ivan Ga ...
in
Fico's First Cabinet, serving from 23 September 2009 until 8 July 2010. He pledges for a change in the
Common Agricultural Policy
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the agricultural policy of the European Commission. It implements a system of agricultural subsidies and other programmes. It was introduced in 1962 and has since then undergone several changes to reduce ...
in the
European Union
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. Chovan refused denials that his ministry is involved in corruption.
References
External links
Official government websiteMinistry of Agriculture of Slovakia
Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic
1963 births
Living people
People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia politicians
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